Dr. Felicia Lewis

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) with a PhD in Counseling Education and Supervision. I specialize in working with teens and young adults dealing with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship struggles, self-injury, suicidal thoughts, and trauma. I want to support you as you navigate establishing self-efficacy, independence, and success during the transition to adulthood. I work directly with you as your therapist while supervising counselors growing their skills in this area at EdYouth.

I bring expertise in working with teens and young adults navigating complex family situations. Whether you've been through foster care, adoption, divorce, family conflict, loss of important relationships, or other forms of family disruption and pain, I integrate these impacts into helping you understand what you really want. If your family didn't look like what you thought it should, or if you've experienced instability, loss, or trauma within family relationships, I understand the weight of that. I've dedicated my adult years to learning to help young people work through complicated family pain, identity questions, attachment challenges, and building trust and security.

Some clients just work with me one-on-one, while others can become part of training the next generation of counselors as well. My students are learning how to grow into knowledgeable and experienced counselor themselves under my supervision, and you can be a part of shaping them into thoughtful, trauma-informed clinicians by choosing to take advantage of their supplemental support. One of the things that’s different with EdYouth, is there's often an opportunity for you to benefit from additional support at little or no cost that’s not offered with other counseling programs. EdYouth Foundation has a wide range of services tailored to helping establish a successful young adulthood for those we serve.

We'll start where you are as we focus on getting acquainted and you help me understand your story. Understanding things like your past experiences, relationships, what's triggering for you, and what you want or don’t want will help build the foundation for the work we will do together. You're always in control of what you share when and how, but I’ll do my best to help guide you as you navigate through whatever comes your way.

My job is to help you understand the connections between your past experiences and what's happening now. You don’t need “fixing”, but I want to help you make sense of yourself and relationships to work towards building the life you actually want. If additional support through EdYouth's programs would help (i.e. mentoring, support with education and/or employment, counseling for a family or friend...), I'll help connect you with those as well.

While it can take a little time to get to know each other and figure out how we best work together to support you specifically, I hope you know you will always have somebody in your corner. By the end, you should have a better understanding of what's happening, why it matters, and the next steps forward. Most clients leave feeling relieved, more hopeful, and like someone finally understands their big picture. You can expect a calm, non-judgmental space where you'll be heard and supported as you work toward your future goals.